The Handmaids of the Lord

Career Guidance Campaign of PTII

JUST A MINUTE- something to think about

A successful business man was growing old and knew it was time to choose a successor to take over the business. Instead of  choosing one of his Directors or his children, he decided to do something different. He called all the young executives in  his company together. He said, "It is time for me to  step down and choose the next CEO. I have decided to choose  one of you." The young executives were shocked, but the boss  continued. "I am going to give each one of you a SEED today -  one very special SEED. I want you to plant the seed, water it,  and come back here one year from today with what  you have grown from the seed I have given you. I will  then judge the plants that you bring, and the one I choose will be the next CEO."

One man, named Jim, was there that day and  he, like the others, received a seed. He went home and  excitedly, told his wife the story. She helped  him get a pot, soil and compost and he planted the  seed. Everyday, he would water it and watch to see if it had  grown. After about three weeks, some of the other executives began to talk about their seeds and the plants that were beginning to grow.  Jim kept checking his seed, but nothing ever grew.  Three weeks, four weeks, five weeks went by, still nothing. By now, others were talking about their plants, but Jim didn't have a plant and he felt like a failure.

Six months went by --  still nothing in Jim's pot. He just knew he had killed his seed. Everyone else had trees and tall plants, but he had nothing. Jim didn't say anything to his colleagues, however,he just kept watering and fertilizing the soil - He so wanted the seed to grow. A year finally went by and all the young executives of the company brought their plants to the  CEO for inspection. Jim told his wife that he wasn't going to take an empty pot. But she asked him to be honest  about what happened. Jim felt sick to his stomach, it was going to be the most embarrassing moment of his life, but he knew his wife was right. He took his empty pot to the board room. When Jim arrived, he was amazed at the variety of  plants grown by the other executives. They were beautiful --  in all shapes and sizes. Jim put his empty pot on the floor and many of his colleagues laughed, a few felt sorry for  him!

When the CEO arrived, he surveyed the room and greeted his young executives. Jim just tried to hide in  the back. "My, what great plants, trees and flowers you have  grown," said the CEO. "Today one of you will be appointed the  next CEO!" All of a sudden, the CEO spotted Jim at the  back of the room with his empty pot. He ordered the Financial  Director to bring him to the front.. Jim was terrified. He  thought, "The CEO knows I'm a failure! Maybe he will have me  fired!" When Jim got to the front, the CEO asked him what had happened to his seed - Jim told him the story. The CEO asked everyone to sit down except Jim. He looked at Jim, and then announced to the young executives, "Behold your next Chief Executive Officer! His name is Jim!" Jim couldn't believe it. Jim couldn't even grow his seed.

"How could he be the new CEO?" the others  said. Then the CEO said, "One year ago today, I gave everyone in this room a seed. I told you to take the seed, plant it, water it, and bring it back to me today. But I gave you all boiled seeds; they were dead - it was not possible for them to grow. All of you, except Jim, have brought me trees and plants and flowers. When you found that the seed would not grow, you substituted another seed for the one I gave you. Jim was the only one with the courage and honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it. Therefore, he is the one who will be the new Chief Executive Officer!"

*  If you plant honesty, you will reap trust

* If you  plant goodness, you will reap friends

* If you plant  humility, you will reap greatness

* If you plant  perseverance, you will reap contentment

* If you plant  consideration, you will reap perspective

* If you plant  hard work, you will reap success

* If  you plant  forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation

So,  be careful what you plant now;

it will determine what you will  reap later.
Think  about this  for a minute....

Thanks to AngKap
Philip Tangco
66/70/75

10 VOWS OF SUCCESS -Og Mandino through Hafid

1. Never again will I pity 

or belittle myself.

2. Never again will I greet the dawn without a map.

3. Always will I bathe my days in the 

golden glow of enthusiasm.

4. Never again will I be disagreeable to a living soul.

5. Always will I seek the seed of triumph in every adversity.

6. Never again will I perform any task 

at less than my best. 

7. Always will I throw my whole self into the task at hand.

8. Never again will I wait and hope for 

opportunity to embrace me.

9. Never will I examine, each night, 

my deeds of the fading day.

10. Always will I maintain contact, 

through prayer, 

with my Creator.

Who is 'Christmas' all about?

     Santa lives at the North Pole.
      JESUS is everywhere.
      
      Santa rides in a sleigh
      JESUS rides on the wind and walks on the water.
      
      Santa comes but once a year
      JESUS is an ever present help.
      
      Santa fills your stockings with goodies
      JESUS supplies all your needs.
      
      Santa comes down your chimney uninvited
      JESUS stands at your door and knocks... 

and then enters your heart.
      
      You have to stand in line to see Santa
      JESUS is as close as the mention of His name.
      
      Santa lets you sit on his lap
      JESUS lets you rest in His arms.
      
      Santa doesn't know your name, all he can say is 

"Hi little boy or girl, What's your name?"
      JESUS knew our name before we did.

Not only does He know our name, He knows our address too.

He knows our history and future and 

He even knows how many hairs are on our heads.
      
      Santa has a belly like a bowl full of jelly
      JESUS has a heart full of love.
      
      All Santa can offer is HO HO HO
      JESUS offers health, help and hope.
      
      Santa says "You better not cry"
      JESUS says "Cast all your cares on me for I care for you.
      
      Santa's little helpers make toys
      JESUS makes new life, mends wounded hearts, 

repairs broken homes and builds mansions.
      
      Santa may make you chuckle but
      JESUS gives you joy that is your strength.
      
      While Santa puts gifts under your tree
      JESUS became our gift and died on the tree.
      
      It's obvious there is really no comparison.
      We need to remember WHO Christmas is all about.
      We need to put Christ back in Christmas.
      Jesus is still the reason for the season.
      Yes, Jesus is better, he is even better than Santa Claus!

[from http://jokes.christiansunite.com/Christmas/Jesus_is_Better_Than_Santa.shtml]

KGibran On Marriage

You were born together,
and together you shall be forevermore.

You shall be together when the white wings
of death scatter your days.

Aye, you shall be together even in the
silent memory of God.

But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.

Love one another, but make not a bond of love.
Let it rather be a moving sea between
the shores of your souls.

Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.

Sing and dance together and be joyous,
but let each of you be alone,

Even as the strings of a lute are alone
though they quiver with the same music.

Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.

And stand together, yet not too near together.
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,

And the oak tree and the cypress
grow not in each other's shadow.